Showing posts with label Indian Wells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian Wells. Show all posts

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Real Life Adventures In Construction - The Kitchen (... a continuing series ...)

Ladies & Gentlemen? For your dining and dancing pleasure, I present:  

My Current Kitchen ...


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1) Trash can (I'm about the only one who uses this. Heathens.)
2) Skillet, circa 1970 (Still works!)
3) Brand new bottle of Cholula
4) Plastic cups (We wash them ... sometimes)
5) Cooler
6) Another cooler
7) Yet another cooler (Hey ... you have to keep your beer cold, you know!)
8) Discarded Coors case (We'll get around to throwing it away at some point ...)
9) Package of dried mango (For snacking)
10) Package of dried apricots (Again, for snacking)
11) Wooden utensils (housed in an old "Peppered & Salted Cashews" container)
12) Canola oil
13) 1/3 bottle of Glenlivet Scotch Whiskey
14) Paper towels
15) Various size baggies, aluminum foil
16) Forks, knives, spoons, whatnot
17) Cereal bowls
18) Peanut butter
19) Thermal coffee cup (hasn't been used yet)
20) Salt, pepper, garlic salt, Montreal seasoning
21) Plastic bags
22) Stale box of crackers
23) "Kitchen" table
24) "Picturesque" kitchen back splash
25) Man-sized Cutco butcher knife (Handy for loosening screws, too)




Value Added Bonus! The Laundry Area!


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1) Star Wars Rebel Alliance T-shirt!
2) Plaster dog holding a basket of dead weeds ... draped with black shorty shorts
3) Underwear (boxer/briefs)
4) Pile of debris (includes trash, drywall, studs, dried joint compound, old fixtures, cardboard used to protect floors, beer bottles, other)
5) Two sets of patio furniture: One on top, one underneath
6) Roll-away bed (with cover)
7) All-purpose tin bucket
8) Discarded joint compound box (new home for whatever we decide to fill it with)
9) Overgrown, ill-tended courtyard bushes
10) Closet hanger pole (gaining vibrant use as an "air dryer")
11) 350 lb. combination oven (back side shown)
12) Wall between neighbor's courtyard and ours (Does little to retain the noise of breaking tile being chucked onto the pile at the crack of 6:15 in the morning, much to the neighbor's chagrin)
13) Ironically, this is a dryer (We're too lazy to hook it up. We don't want to get *too* civilized, you know ...)
14) Discarded, demo'd drywall we will pick out of the trash to use for something tomorrow
15) Patio sofa cushion (Now with drywall dust!)




You're welcome.

.......... Ruprecht ( STOP )


Saturday, June 15, 2013

Real Life Adventures In Construction (... a continuing series ...)





Solar Contractor Boss (whose crew has been on the roof in triple digit weather the last three days: "It's not going to mess anything up if I cut the power for a bit ... is it?"


Ruprecht: "No. Go ahead."

A moment later I meandered outside. As I passed him monkeying with the electrical box, I climbed a ladder to the roof to see how the solar panels were coming along. In passing I noted: 

"You realize if it's off too long and my ice cream melts, you're in big, huge trouble ..."

I could feel laser eyes drilling holes in the back of my head ...

.......... Ruprecht ( STOP )

Friday, June 14, 2013

Real Life Adventures In Construction (... one in a continuing series ...)



Steve: "You know what's really satisfying at the end of a long work day on your very own home improvement project? Sitting down and unwinding knowing no one got hurt that day falling off a ladder or severing a finger ..."

Ruprecht: "Uh ... Steve? Mind pointing that nail gun somewhere else besides my face?"



.......... Ruprecht ( STOP )